We must support the Biscottes Resource Center in Ponts de Cé! Presented by François Prouteau
Carte blanche from François Prouteau, president of Fondacio!
Due to the pandemic, this company is in great difficulty. It must be supported because it opens up a future for many people and new, very concrete perspectives in the way of living a truly fraternal company.
This associative enterprise fights against unemployment by employing employees in integration. This fight is the social object which mobilizes all efforts and all flows of money.
52 people are in the integration process. For them, the Ressourcerie is a training company: hiring with "zero skills" and internal training on the basis of temporary employment contracts. The challenge: to bounce back towards more sustainable training or employment.
The Ressourcerie is an activity at the heart of the Circular and collaborative Economy: In order to develop an economic model that allows employment, the Ressourcerie des Biscotte collects and recycles household or professional bulky items (furniture, dishes, trinkets, toys, books, textiles, etc.). This reuse activity helps to extend the useful life of products and therefore reduce waste production. Normally, the Ressourcerie collects more than 20 tons of various objects per week.
The two periods of confinement have just dried up the cash flow. The Vendée Globe of its director Benoit Akaoui is a 1-month race against time to regain healthy cash flow, through sales, but also the collection of donations. The Ressourcerie must be saved. There is a need for help and encouragement. The objective is to raise 145 months of cash flow, or €3k, through an appeal for financial donations with tax deduction. Communities are also being asked to help. The XNUMXth lever is the launch of a Virtual Store that must be visited. Last Friday, some friends organized an animation of this store on Facebook: a magnificent event!
In this time of crises accentuated by Covid, the opening to globalization in which markets and companies are immersed can certainly reduce distances. But it does not make us brothers. The Pope insists on the urgency of fraternity: "More than ever we find ourselves alone in this mass world that gives precedence to individual interests and weakens the community dimension of existence. Rather, there are markets where people play the roles of consumers or spectators" (All Brothers, § 12). The call at this Christmas time is to be responsible actors and consumers. This is what we often want, but without knowing how to act. Helping companies like Ressourcerie is a concrete means in Angers, on our doorstep.
To support the biscotte recycling center, you can make an online donation (tax deductible for 2020 for a donation made before December 31) or purchase items from the online store.
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